Herman had this cake made for me to thank me for editing ETCetera for seven years. It was an unexpected and delightful surprise. It may be the closest I come to having a Sphinx typewriter, which has been on my 10 Most Wanted list for some 16 years.

I've only just gotten home, after the *exciting* five hour drive. I have...so much to post! I will definitely have it all up by tomorrow. Tonight, I DINE!...On all of the amazing machines that were not in my house a mere 24 hours ago.

I will comment more on this later, Richard, but thank you for everything! The most fun I have had in a while! Actual conversations about typewriters? Forget about it! Fantastic!

We had an absolute blast; you'll be reading more about that on the blog. It's been way too long since I've seen Herman, Richard, Marty, Peter, Maddie, Travis, Gabe, Jett and Jack face to face. It was also great to meet some new people and a couple of new collectors, too.

Oh, super! Thanks for sharing. Good to see my fellow enthousiasts on the other side of the big pond. The Sphinx is a very nice surprise, but don't worry Richard, it is only a Vorspeise, as the real one will show up sooner or later :)We also had a collectors meeting last weekend, post follows.